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When a young governess is offered a startlingly high salary for a simple post in the Hampshire countryside, she turns to Holmes for advice. Her new employer’s peculiar conditions—cutting her hair short, wearing a particular dress, and sitting by a specific window at certain times—hint at a potentially sinister motive... Soon, Holmes and Watson find themselves drawn into a case where nothing and no one are quite what they seem.

A Noiser podcast production.

Narrated by Hugh Bonneville

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Produced by Katrina Hughes

Script Supervisor: Addison Nugent

Sound Design and Audio Editing by Josh Latham

Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink

Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines

Mix & Mastering: Liam Cameron

Series Consultant: Dan Smith

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